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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1941
Page
2
In Pella local business folks gather for a community sales event featuring Henry Van de Voort, owner of VaNe Voorts Grocery, showcasing a thriving trade in groceries and related items. The scene highlights caricatured pasteurizing provides a playful glimpse into market dynamics and local commerce.
Sketch features Ed LeCocq and A Van Der Wal offering washer repair with a ready crew. Paul De Wit contractor promotes houses built while you wait. Joe Stienes Pella’s Gamble Store Agency tried other work but returned to old stand quickly. W J van Der Voort is noted.
Des Moines post office workers handle a flood of mail over the holidays with 249 pieces lacking proper postage or address. A large scene in Pella includes Arie Schilder and Gordon Gammack turning a meat market floor and Len Winters portrait into a feature story. Local births, marriages, and deaths mix with boxing entries, school ties, and a move to Western Auto Supply as John Dykstra plans store changes.
Pomeroy set a trap hoped to catch a rat thief in his chicken house. The capture revealed the thief was not a rat but a civet cat, surprising the local resident.
Walter Weaver of Swan suffered frostbite on two fingers during a recent storm. He was exposed to freezing conditions while outside and required medical attention. Local authorities urge residents to take precautions during severe winter weather.
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